Cyberspace Odyssey: A Competitive Team-Oriented Serious Game in Computer Networking

Graham, Kendra and Anderson, James and Rife, Conrad and Heitmeyer, Bryce and Patel, Pranav R. and Nykl, Scott and Lin, Alan C. and Merkle, Laurence D. (2020) Cyberspace Odyssey: A Competitive Team-Oriented Serious Game in Computer Networking. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 13 (3). pp. 502-515. ISSN 19391382

Abstract

Cyberspace odyssey (CSO) is a novel serious game supporting computer networking education by engaging students in a race to successfully perform various cybersecurity tasks in order to collect clues and solve a puzzle in virtual near-Earth three-dimensional space. Each team interacts with the game server through a dedicated client presenting a multimodal interface, using a game controller for navigation and various desktop computer networking tools of the trade for cybersecurity tasks on the game's physical network. Specifically, teams connect to wireless access points, use packet monitors to intercept network traffic, decrypt and reverse engineer that traffic, craft well-formed and meaningful responses, and transmit those responses. Successful completion of these physical network actions to solve a sequence of increasingly complex problems is necessary to progress through the virtual story-driven adventure. Use of the networking tools reinforces networking theory and offers hands-on practical training requisite for today's cyber operators. This article presents the learning outcomes targeted by a classroom intervention based on CSO, the design and implementation of the game, a pedagogical overview of the overall intervention, and four years of quantitative and qualitative data assessing its effectiveness.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1109/TLT.2020.3008607
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Computer networking education,cyber education,serious games
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with username chikyta
Date Deposited:	17 May 2024 01:45
Last Modified:	17 May 2024 01:45
URI:	http://repository.ub.ac.id/id/eprint/219417

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